Fixed #23914 -- Improved {% now %} to allow storing its result in the context.

Thanks to Tim for the review.

docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt

@@ -799,6 +799,18 @@ This would display as "It is the 4th of September".
 
         It is {% now "SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT" %}
 
+
+You can also use the syntax ``{% now "Y" as current_year %}`` to store the
+output inside a variable. This is useful if you want to use ``{% now %}``
+inside a template tag like :ttag:`blocktrans` for example::
+
+    {% now "Y" as current_year %}
+    {% blocktrans %}Copyright {{ current_year }}{% endblocktrans %}
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.8
+
+The ability to use the "as" syntax was added.
+
 .. templatetag:: regroup
 
 regroup

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ Templates
 * Added a :class:`locmem.Loader <django.template.loaders.locmem.Loader>`
   class that loads Django templates from a Python dictionary.
 
+* The :ttag:`now` tag can now store its output in a context variable with the
+  usual syntax: ``{% now 'j n Y' as varname %}``.
+
 Requests and Responses
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